Image Processing Method, Camera Assembly and Mobile Terminal

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein a sum or average value of multiple electrical signals generated by at least one light-sensitive pixel or at least one panchromatic light-sensitive pixel in a corresponding subunit after receiving light is taken as a merged image data.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is implemented through an image pipeline, which is configured to implement the first processing algorithm, the demosaicing algorithm, and the second processing algorithm.

5. The method according to claim 4, configured to work in a preview mode or a video mode; wherein the image pipeline comprises an image front end (IFE) configured to implement the first processing algorithm, the demosaicing algorithm, and the second processing algorithm; the first processing algorithm comprises at least one of: Camera Interface (CAMIF), Pedestal Correction, linearization, phase pixel compensation (PDPC), channel gain, bad pixel correction/bad cluster correction/Adaptive Bayer Filter (BPC/BCC/ABF), Black Level Correction (BLC), lens roll off, and white balance.

6. The method according to claim 4, configured to work in a preview mode or a video mode; wherein the image pipeline comprises an image front end (IFE) configured to implement the first processing algorithm, the demosaicing algorithm, and the second processing algorithm; the second processing algorithms comprises at least one of: color correction, global tone mapping, gamma correction, color space transform, and down scaler.

7. The method according to claim 4, configured to work in a photo mode; wherein the image pipeline comprises a Bayer processing segment (BPS) configured to implement the first processing algorithm, the demosaicing algorithm, and the second processing algorithm; the first processing algorithm comprises at least one of: pedestal correction, linearization, bad pixel correction/bad cluster correction/phase pixel correction, channel gain, green imbalance correction, Bayer domain noise reduction module, Black Level Correction (BLC), lens roll off, and white balance; the second processing algorithm comprises at least one of: color correction, tone mapping, gamma correction, color space transform, hybrid noise reduction, and down scaler.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the image processing method is implemented through an image pipeline; the image pipeline comprises an image processing engine (IPE) configured to implement the image post-processing algorithm.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the image post-processing algorithm comprises at least one of: image correction and adjustment (ICA), advanced noise reduction, temporal filter, Chromatic Aberration Correction (CAC), color space transform, local tone mapping, color correction, gamma correction, 2D Look-Up Table (2D LUT), color adjustment and chroma enhancement (CV&Chroma enhancement), chroma suppression, Adaptive Spatial Filter (ASF), up scaler, grain adder, and down scaler.

14. The camera assembly according to claim 12, wherein the image processing method is implemented through an image pipeline, which is configured to implement the first processing algorithm, the demosaicing algorithm, and the second processing algorithm.

15. The camera assembly according to claim 14, wherein the image processing method is configured to work in a preview mode or a video mode; the image pipeline comprises an image front end (IFE) configured to implement the first processing algorithm, the demosaicing algorithm, and the second processing algorithm; the first processing algorithm comprises at least one of: Camera Interface (CAMIF), Pedestal Correction, linearization, phase pixel compensation (PDPC), channel gain, bad pixel correction/bad cluster correction/Adaptive Bayer Filter (BPC/BCC/ABF), Black Level Correction (BLC), lens roll off, and white balance.

16. The camera assembly according to claim 14, wherein the image processing method is configured to work in a preview mode or a video mode; the image pipeline comprises an image front end (IFE) configured to implement the first processing algorithm, the demosaicing algorithm, and the second processing algorithm; the second processing algorithms comprises at least one of: color correction, global tone mapping, gamma correction, color space transform, and down scaler.